REDSTART (Male)- NEW FOREST NATIONAL PARK-APRIL 2011

The male Redstart is particularly attractive with black and grey on head and back, and red breast. To photograph this handsome bird in good light was indeed a highlight of 2011. These shots were taken at two locations in the New Forest, I found the male bird to be more flighty than the hen bird, infact, the hen bird came so close at times I couldn't focus the camera. Not a bird you would generally see unless you made a determined effort to track it down. It is fairly widespread throughout the forest.